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UK Department for Business and Trade

Redbox document search and summarisation assistant

The UK trade department's Redbox trial had around 50 daily active users in February 2025

In progressCompany's own claimOfficial ↗

Problem

Department staff needed to locate and understand information across large document collections.

Approach

DBT developed Redbox with contractor support. Staff uploaded documents and asked questions in English. The system combined document retrieval with Claude 3 Sonnet on Amazon Bedrock, and users were responsible for checking answers against cited material.

Results

around 50daily active users in February 2025, according to DBTCompany's own claim[1]
approximately 200people enrolled in the trial in February 2025, according to DBTCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

The trial demonstrated recurring staff use. DBT did not publish a quantified time saving in its transparency record.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

  1. DBT: Redbox
    Department for Business and Trade16 Oct 2025Company publication

Source summaries

[1]Department for Business and Trade16 Oct 2025

DBT documented Redbox's document retrieval and generation workflow. It reported approximately 200 trial participants and around 50 daily active users as of February 2025.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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